Prince / Trio of mid-nineties albums reissued on CD and vinyl
Sony’s Legacy Recordings reissue three mid-nineties Prince albums on CD and vinyl, including 1996’s triple album Emancipation.
XTC / Black Sea 200g vinyl LP
Andy Patridge’s label APE reissues XTC‘s 1980 album Black Sea as an audiophile 200g pressing.
Haircut One Hundred / Pelican West Plus 2LP expanded coloured vinyl
Music On Vinyl issue a limited 2LP expanded coloured vinyl edition of Haircut One Hundred‘s debut album Pelican West.
SDE presents Kate Bush: Before The Dawn ‘keepsake’ A4 booklet
Five years on from Kate Bush‘s ‘Before The Dawn’ concert residency in London, SDE revisits that exciting time as Paul Sinclair reflects on the experience with this ‘keepsake’ printed booklet. Also includes the SDE interview with guitarist David Rhodes, conducted just after the concert run had finished. Cover art by Helen Green.
Prince / Sign ‘O’ The Times / 1987 concert film reissued as 4-disc deluxe
This limited four-disc deluxe edition of Prince‘s Sign ‘O’ The Times concert film from 1987 is a German exclusive. It boasts Dolby Atmos remix, new interviews and an 85-minute documentary.
INXS / Dekadance vinyl LP
INXS‘ Dekadance remix set, which was an exclusive Australian-only cassette release back in 1984, is issued on vinyl for the first time at the end of this month, for its 35th anniversary.
Mott The Hoople vinyl reissues
British rock band Mott The Hoople‘s first four albums are reissued on 180g black vinyl. These use the 2018 remasters by Andy Pearce.
The Cult / Sonic Temple 30th anniversary expanded sets
The Cult‘s 1989 album Sonic Temple gets the 30th reissue treatment with a series of expanded physical sets. The 5CD edition was delayed but is out this week.
Pixies / New album Beneath the Eyrie
The Pixies new album Beneath the Eyrie is out this week. Various exclusives still available via their own store.
Stereolab continue reissue campaign
Stereolab continue their impressive reissue campaign with 3LP vinyl and 2CD expanded editions of Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Dots and Loops and Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night. Delayed from last week.
Belinda Carlisle / Runaway Horses 30th anniversary vinyl box
Belinda Carlisle’s 1989 album is celebrated with this new 30th anniversary 4LP+CD box set. Three new recordings for 2019 feature on the CD and one of the vinyl records. Delayed from last week.
The Monkees / Christmas Party (vinyl LP)
Hate to mention the ‘C’ word so early, but let me just tell you that last year’s rather great Monkees Christmas Party album is released on vinyl this week.
Away from the concept of holding the music in your hands I see that Peter Gabriel has issued a 62 track “album” of rarities on Tidal, Spotify and other streaming platforms I presume… I wonder what Paul and other readers make of that?
If you act fast, Rough Trade UK (and I’m sure a few other scattered indie retailers) have the Stereolab reissues available on clear vinyl. Just had the trio shipped to me today!
I heard there would be a second batch of Prefab Sprout vinyl reissues this october (Andromeda, Gunman, Protest Songs and Steve McQueen).
Looks like “Let’s Change The World With Music” is confirmed. Fingers crossed for the others that haven’t been previously released on vinyl.
https://www.sproutology.co.uk/collecting-2/next-batch-of-vinyl-reissues-25th-october/
Red box (yes red box!) 4th album out this week. If it sounds like the first two “singles” then we could be in for the best one since Circle and the Square. Waiting patiently for vinyl announcement.
The new Supergrass box set looks great, all the vinyl are picture discs, £150 with the signed print
Cherry Red have four Dinosaur Jr. remastered + expanded 2 CD releases set for release on September 27th: Green Mind (1991), Where You Been (1993), Without A Sound (1994), and Hand It Over (1997). It looks like they cover all the b-sides and the second disc in each set contains a live show recorded from the corresponding year of release. I ordered these a few weeks ago and can now forgive myself for missing the 2006 U.S. and 2012 Japan previous remasters (these have more non-album tracks and the extra live concert on disc two).
We’ve had the audio for the 2CD Dinosaur Jr. reissues for a few weeks over at http://www.realgonerocks.com…and can confirm they’re *great* reissues. The live material on Green Mind is absolutely amazing.
There’s an excellent Muse boxset that was announced over the weekend, and for once its pretty good value for what you get – 9 CDs and vinyl.
Yes I got information about that from Muse seems like a great set to own , roll on Saturday when I see them for the umpteenth time.
Looks like an intriguing set from Muse, more an expanded reissue of their first two LPs, so a different way of reissuing rather than separately. Seems to be early demos, early EP tracks, the first two albums, their 2011 Reading festival gig and the first two LPs on coloured vinyl and a hardback book with removable inserts like early gig posters and set lists. About £125 it seems… it’s on the Christmas list!!
Also out this week on DVD and Blu Ray: John & Yoko – Above Us Only Sky, new documentary that aired on Channel 4 in the UK last winter but now released commercially, with a small amount of bonus content. Reviews at the time of the broadcast were positive and includes an interview with Yoko.
Only the Pixies of interest to me. I’d actually forgotten I’d pre-ordered it.
Belle and Sebastian: “Days of the Bagnold Summer.”
Amazon UK list the Cult set as being released on the 20th Sept.
Only the 5CD set has gone back to 20th. The vinyl and box set are still this week.
Glad to see Amazon.co.uk finally adjusted its price for the Emancipation vinyl edition. Ordered of course!